And the concept of humanity's long history of aggression and conquest being not a continued chain but rather a history to reflect upon with shame and humility and to reach out wanting to listen rather than dictate because of that? The concept of people realizing that the way to peace must be through...a kind of restorative justice lens on violence and history where there's not a desire for revenge or punitive measures, but rather a desire for all species to work towards the obsolescence of violence? Just. what a universe.
I think good science fiction reaches the point of, "in the future" and then the author must think things through, either to extrapolate current ugliness into dystopia or to directly address it and try to create something more utopian.
Also I think that like. Utopia is a loaded word. It begs the question, "For whom?" Is it a single space where there's a utopia at the cost of turning a blind eye to all else? And here the answer is no. Everyone's just continually trying for it. Which. is honestly so much more utopian than those ivory tower depictions.
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And the concept of humanity's long history of aggression and conquest being not a continued chain but rather a history to reflect upon with shame and humility and to reach out wanting to listen rather than dictate because of that? The concept of people realizing that the way to peace must be through...a kind of restorative justice lens on violence and history where there's not a desire for revenge or punitive measures, but rather a desire for all species to work towards the obsolescence of violence? Just. what a universe.
I think good science fiction reaches the point of, "in the future" and then the author must think things through, either to extrapolate current ugliness into dystopia or to directly address it and try to create something more utopian.
Also I think that like. Utopia is a loaded word. It begs the question, "For whom?" Is it a single space where there's a utopia at the cost of turning a blind eye to all else? And here the answer is no. Everyone's just continually trying for it. Which. is honestly so much more utopian than those ivory tower depictions.
god I love thinking and talking abt this book!!